GWS GIANTS v Essendon
Sunday August 9, 3.20pm EST
Spotless Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park
Gate Opening:
9.00am: Gates Open
9.00am: AFL Sydney Curtain Raiser - Auburn GIANTS v UTS Shamrocks
11.40am: NEAFL Curtain Raiser - UWS GIANTS v Redland
3.20pm: GWS GIANTS v Essendon
Tickets:
Be there for a huge Sunday Funday as the GIANTS celebrate the 2015 AFL Multicultural Round and take on the Bombers in round 19 of the 2015 Toyota AFL Premiership season at Spotless Stadium.
Family tickets start from just $48 for two adults and two children with juniors FREE. During the whole 2015 AFL season, children under 15 years will be able to get a FREE* general admission tickets to all GIANTS games played on Sundays.
CLICK HERE to get your tickets for the game now.
You can also call 136 100 or visit any Ticketmaster outlet. The ticket office at Spotless Stadium will be open from 9am and is located next to Gate D.
Multicultural Round
Multicultural Round highlights the contribution multicultural communities have made to the game’s history and welcomes new communities to embrace Australian Football as fans, players, umpires or administrators.
Sunday’s celebrations will focus on the Arabic community as well as a host of other diverse nationalities including the Indian and Chinese communities.
Activities include:
- Footballs with Sherrin spelt in Hindi, Mandarin and Arabic
- 50m line markings in Arabic
- Radio call in Arabic live streamed on the AFL App
- LED signage in seven different languages
- Chinese Lions performance pre-game
- Arabic drumming to welcome the teams out and sit in the GIANTS cheersquad
- New Zealand haka performance at quarter time
- Bollywood dancers at half time
- Scoreboard signage and GIANTS run-through banner in different languages
- Auburn GIANTS playing in the curtain-raiser at Spotless Stadium
- Citizenship ceremony at the game with the children participating in half time Auskick
- Henna tattoos on the concourse
- AFL umpire uniforms featuring the word umpire translated into one of the seven most spoken languages in Australia, other than English
- GIANTS match day social media translated into different languages
- 2015 My AFL Passport Ticketing campaign encouraging International passport holders to attend the game for free
- Like every home game this year, there will be a Prayer room located in the Council Stand at Spotless Stadium
Location:
Spotless Stadium is located in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct just minutes from Olympic Park Station and across from ANZ Stadium and Allphones Areana.
Click here as Adam Treloar takes you on a tour of Spotless Stadium. He shows you how to get there, what facilitates are on offer and where the best seats in the house are.
Public Transport:
Travelling by trains to Sydney Olympic Park is FREE with your match ticket or membership card and trains depart Lidcombe station every 10 minutes until midnight.
Sydney buses will operate to a regular weekend timetable. Route 525 operates between Parramatta and Burwood via Sydney Olympic Park (cost not included in your match ticket).
Normal non-event weekend transport will be available. Visit the Transport NSW website for more information.
Parking:
Parking is available throughout Sydney Olympic Park. Pre-purchasing tickets to these car parks is recommended with the P1 carpark being within the closest proximity to Spotless Stadium. To pre-purchase parking, click here.
Match Day Activities:
GIANTS matches are packed full of FUN for the whole family and 2015 will be bigger and better than ever!
- Woolworths AFL playground
- Inflatables
- Face painting
- Giveaways
- G-MAN appearances
- Extended Kick to Kick, brought to you by Slater and Gordon, on the field after the game
DIESEL to perform on the Virgin Australia Stage:
Australian rock icon DIESEL will perform live on the Virgin Australia Stage at Spotless Stadium at half-time and for 30 minutes post-match on a purpose-built stage just metres from the field.
Click here for more
Broadcast Information:
This game will be shown live nationally on Channel 7 and 7mate across NSW and the ACT and Fox Sports 3 from 3.00pm EST.
For further broadcast information please click here.
You can also follow the GIANTS on social media for game updates and behind-the-scenes content on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram @GWSGIANTS.
Team:
The GIANTS’ 25-man squad will be named on gwsgiants.com.au at 6.25pm on Thursday evening with the final 22 named at 5pm on Friday.
Match Day Partner:
Harvey Norman is the proud match day partner of the GIANTS’ Multicultural Round match. Harvey Norman was announced as the major sponsor of the Auburn GIANTS in March, the first time the company has been involved in AFL. Harvey Norman will have a number of fitness and health activations around the concourse inside Spotless Stadium
Minor Match Day Partner:
PwC
PwC is a minor match day partner of the 2015 Toyota AFL Multicultural Round at Spotless Stadium and is very proud to continue its long involvement with the GIANTS.
